Didn't have a tire pressure guage, but plenty of air in my front tire. Steering head bearings are tight as well as there is no play in the front end when raised off the ground.

I'd be interested to hear what others have found.

I've had one other scooter (Yamaha) and that one had headshake as well with hands off the bars. It was always worse with weight in the top case and seemed to be better when the front tire was replaced (although with some wear on the tire it would go back to shaking again).

 

yep, that's it - just leave it sitting there with the tube that goes to the filler neck disconnected. Not that I would suggest that you tamper with the bike....it's just what I did to my own bike to keep it running smoothly, cleanly and reliably...

Thanks very much for the info.

I pulled the vent tube off and changed my oil again. Only 150kms or so on it, but little to no gas smell so I'm guessing I got whatever small amount may have been in there. I wanted to change again as a means of flushing anything that may have been left in there. Mine likely wasn't too bad as it wasn't overfull of oil, just smelled gassy.

Cheers!

Please do either ootscoots fix or the leo.urbis fix (there's a PDF somewhere). Ooty's fix sounds simpler. Do one or the other NOW. I had this happen to my HD twice (at the same mileage as yours) and both times it FILLED my crankcase with gas. This could be catastrophic! I did the urbis fix (kinda time consuming) and that cured my problem, don't delay!...Concerning the radiator it takes forever for the gauge to move. When I was having my "emissions" problem I was wondering if I was having problems there. I covered up the front of the bike (on my lift) and it took almost 15 minutes before the fan came on. My gauge barely reads over 1/4 normally...and that takes a while. Not sure if this is actually good or bad for the scoot.

Had you overfilled your gas tank? I can't see the issue being the fuel filler neck vent tube unless you did overfill it.

I should have noted above that I just did an oil change (that's how I noticed the gas smell on the oil).

I will certainly do the filler neck vent tube mod, and I think I'll change my oil again for good measure.

THanks guys.

There is a problem with fuel draining through the evap vent lines to the crankcase - suggest changing the oil asap. As a dealer I can't recommend that you remove seat bucket, locate the vent tube coming from the fuel filer neck, disconnect this tube at the check valve, and put a fuel filter at the open end of the tube...

Of course, you can't suggest that, and I would never do such a thing.

Hypothetically though, does the vent tube make it's way into the air box somewhere or does the check valve lead directly into the crankcase? I did check the airbox for signs of fuel as I thought I had read of an issue with that. Couldn't see any lines coming into the airbox though.

I did overfill the bike a couple of times during that oil change and read that could cause an issue. Filled once since this last oil change and only filled to the first "click off" on the pump.
Thanks very much!

Likely a typo.

We got a VS150 here in Malaysia too, only it's labeled as "Excel II" ... an orphan model, back in the Malaysian SYM dark ages

What do you mean by "dark ages"?

Is the Excel II not a good scooter? The VS 125/150 are quite popular is Australia I believe.

Thanks.

That's exceptional fuel mileage. I assume you do a lot of low speed riding?

Hi Skootz,

Can you give us an update on your mileage and any issues?

I'm considering a HD125 or VS150.

Thanks!